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Making Money with Bet on Markets

Making Money with Bet on Markets

I recently discovered Bet On Markets, it's a betting platform where you can bet on the markets (obviously!). There are loads of different bets available and I only bet one type (as I've not discovered the others or developed a strategy for them yet). Just quickly looking at the site, there are Up and Down bets - these are bets where you bet whether the market will be above or below a particular area within a timeframe, In/Out bets - whether a price remains in or out of a range or Touch/No Tou

June 17, 2011 No Comments Full Story

The Rollercoaster of Emotions on the Forex markets today

The Rollercoaster of Emotions on the Forex markets today

For those who read yesterdays post where I had missed out on a nice 55 pip profit on the EURUSD as my system had not identified the exit went to hit the stop target which meant a 28 pip loss overall is rather annoying. This actually means that your account, if you take a nominal starting account of 100 for example, was 155 if I had closed when I thought I should have closed to 72 after the stop was hit. You can see that this means that in fact, I lost an overall of 55 + 28 = 83 pips which is a l

June 15, 2011 No Comments Full Story

Self Employed Trader who Exploited the Spreadbetting Firms

Self Employed Trader who Exploited the Spreadbetting Firms

I saw this in the papers today how a self employed trader named Barnett Michael Alexander was able to exploit a 'loophole' in the spreadbetting firm City Index making over £600k! However, his method was deemed illegal and he was fined £1 million by the FSA It's a really interesting read and there's a fascinating strategy that made him a lot of money which he says is still not closed. However, I wouldn't recommended doing it unless you want to be fined! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fi

June 15, 2011 No Comments Full Story

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